Process for manufacturing a perylene vat dye



Patented Jan; 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES ALOIS ZINKE AND HERMANN SGHOEPFERJQF GItAZ, AUSTRIA, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T FELICE BENSA, or GENOA, IT LY.

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- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALoIs ZINKE and HERMANN' SCHOEPFER, citizens of' the Republic of Austria, residing at Graz, Styria, Republic of Austria, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Processes for Manufacturing 9; Perylene Vat 1) ye, of which the following is a specifica-- tion. a

As is known perylene -quinone is converted by the action thereon ofbromine into bromoperylene quinone, which dyes cotton in orange colours (Monotshefte fiir Chemie vol. 40, page 4Q8). Now it has been found that also by treating with chlorine, chlorine derivatives are obtained which dye cotton in considerably more brilliant colours. which as distinguished from the colours obtained by the bromine derivative are rather green tinged.

In the first place. in the chlorination a chlorine addition product is formed which on treatment with basic and other agents. binding hydrochloric acid is transformed into a stable chlo'roperylene' quinone. The colours obtained by the addition product are not so fast as regards chemical actions as those of the chloroperylene quinone. The

addition product as well as; the chloroperylene quiuone are compounds hitherto unknown.

1st example.

One part of quinone is brought to suspenin a water bath. The 'quinone is gradually dissolved. After the reaction is completed the chlorine addition product is precipitated by the vaddition of light petroleum distillates oi other low boiling solvents, the precipitate bein'g'in the form of fine small needles of a light yellow ,colour. nitrobenzene the compound crystallizes unchanged. By' boiling with aniline the prod- From Application filed October 17, 1923. Serial No, 668,966.

uct described in Example 2 is obtained,

hydrochloric acid being removed,

7 final example.

pound dissolves with a blue violet colour,-

the vat is cherry red, cotton is dyed in brilliant yellow greentinged col-ours.

3rd emample.

small 1. -A process for manufacturing perylene .Vat dye's consisting in treating perylene quinone with chlorine. 4

2. A process for'manufacturing perylene vat dyes consisting in treating perylene quinone suspended in nitrobenzene with chlorine until solution takes place.

3. A process for manufacturingperylene vat dyes consisting in treating perylene quinone with chlorine untilthe'reaction is completed-and then treating the product of' such reaction with agents binding hydrochlorid acid. v

4; A process .for manufacturing perylene vat dyes consisting in treating perylene quinone with chlorine until the reaction is ENT, OFFICE;

On cooling the l0 chlorine.

completed and then boiling the product of such reaction with aniline. v

5. A process for manufacturing perylene vat dyes consisting in treating perylene quinone sus ended in nitrobenzene with chlorine until solution takes place and then boiling such solution with aniline.

6. As a new article of manufacture an addition product of perylene quinone and 7. As a new ar zicia: of chloroperylene quinone, that a addition roduct of perylcne quinons anchlorine rom which part of the chlorine has been removed in the form of hydrochloric acid by agents binding the latter.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

ALOIS-ZINKE. HERMANN SCHOEPFER. 

